Sentences with phrase «joined national popular vote»
The system can screw Democrats as easily as it can screw Republicans, and numerous GOP politicians, including former Tennessee senator Fred Thompson and former Illinois governor Jim Edgar, have joined National Popular Vote.
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The Senate also granted final legislative approval Saturday to a bill allowing Connecticut to join an interstate compact that would ensure the state's electoral votes go to the presidential candidate who wins the national popular vote, provided enough other states join the agreement.
There are some complications with this system, e.g. how recounts work if the national popular vote is close (theoretically there should be a nationwide recount, but the compact can not bind states that have not joined it), and what authority would decide the result if states within the compact disagree about the national popular vote winner.